Fakhitah bint Abi Hisham

Fakhitah bint Hashim
فاختة بنت هاشم
Consort of the Umayyad caliph
Tenure680 – 683,
684 – 685
BornHejaz/al-Sham, Rashidun Caliphate
Died690s
Damascus, Umayyad Caliphate
Spouse
ChildrenKhalid ibn Yazid
Names
Umm Hisham Fakhitah bint Abi Hisham
FamilyAbd Shams (by birth)
Umayyad (by marriage)
FatherAbi Hisham al-Abshami
ReligionIslam

Fakhitah bint Abi Hashim (Arabic: فاختة بنت هاشم, death 690s) also known as Umm Hashim (أم هاشم) or Umm Khalid (أم خالد) was the wife of second Umayyad caliph Yazid I. Fakhita was the first and probably the only woman in the Umayyad history who had relation through marriage with both ruling house of Umayyad Caliphate; the Sufyanid house and Marwanid house, through her second marriage to fourth Umayyad caliph Marwan I.